GUST hosted a live interview on Instagram with Dr. Ashwin Fernandes, the Regional Director for QS Quacquarelli Symonds in Middle East, North Africa & South Asia & CEO for QS IGAUGE Rating System.   This interview's aim was to understand the ranking process, and the importance ranking holds for institutions and prospective students alike.

In 2020, GUST featured on QS's International  Rankings for the very first time. With this new milestone, GUST is the only private university in Kuwait to make the list, making it the top-ranked private educational institution in Kuwait.  This comes as a major achievement, as the university was previously only ranked among universities in the Arab region. Only two universities from Kuwait featured in the international ranking, with the other being Kuwait University. As a new entrant to this list, GUST is joined by only 46 other universities, which makes this achievement even more exceptional.

 

GUST has featured in the QS University Rankings for the Arab Region since 2016, when the university was ranked as 73rd, and 49th the following year.  This year, the university has improved to the extent that it is now featured in rankings that evaluate the strengths of all of the world’s higher education institutions.  To feature on this list, the university is ranked according to specific measurements, namely, academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty index, and the number of international students. 

With this, GUST remains the only private university in Kuwait to be internationally recognized in this manner for its academic prowess, and further highlights the dedication and calibre of its faculty, students, and staff. The QS ranking shows that GUST continues to maintain its leadership among private universities in Kuwait in key areas covered by the assessment.

Since 2016, GUSTs strategic goal is to enhance its position in the coming couple of years and to be listed in higher positions in the international rankings. QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and US News Best Global Universities provide one of the few external measures of university strength and can be a factor in how prospective students choose the right school.

 

The full interview can be seen by clicking on the following link - https://www.instagram.com/tv/CCwVjCQAYuu/?igshid=1bgu9h7ri89mg